E.
Fractions are just division.
In order for her to find the number of stars she needs to divide to find out how many she needs.
60/100 is 3/5 so Anna colored 60% of the paper blue
Given,
The expression is:

By using the middle term splitting method,

Hence, the factor is (x-(7+sqrt(33)/4)) (x+(7+sqrt(33)/4)).
Total time = upstream time + downstream time
he rowed the same distance both ways.
upstream time = D/4
downstream time = D/6
total time = D/4 + D/6 = 3D/12 + 2D/12 = 5D/12 = 3 hours
D = 3*12/5 = 36/5 or 7.2 miles
where D is the one-way distance. The total distance he rowed is 2*D = 72/5 or 14.4 miles